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2017-2018 Spring OMO Problem 4
2017-2018 Spring OMO Problem 4
Source:
April 3, 2018
Problem Statement
Define
f
(
x
)
=
∣
x
−
1
∣
f(x) = |x-1|
f
(
x
)
=
∣
x
−
1∣
. Determine the number of real numbers
x
x
x
such that
f
(
f
(
⋯
f
(
f
(
x
)
)
⋯
)
)
=
0
f(f(\cdots f(f(x))\cdots )) = 0
f
(
f
(
⋯
f
(
f
(
x
))
⋯
))
=
0
, where there are
2018
2018
2018
f
f
f
's in the equation.Proposed by Yannick Yao
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